2. Noun. An assistant (and eventual successor) to an abbess ¹
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Definition of Coadjutrix
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Coadjutrix
Literary usage of Coadjutrix
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay by Fanny Burney, Charlotte Barrett (1854)
"The behaviour of my coadjutrix continued in the same strain—really shocking to
endure. I always began, at our first meeting, some little small speech, ..."
2. Narrative of a Tour Taken in the Year 1667, to La Grande Chartreuse and Alet by Mary Anne Galton Schimmelpenninck, Claude Lancelot (1813)
"Not long after, this lady took her as coadjutrix in the direction of the monastery
of Port Royal. Thus was the reform solidly established. ..."
3. The English Black Monks of St. Benedict: A Sketch of Their History from the by Ethelred Luke Taunton (1897)
"The capuchin, F. Joseph de Tremblay, the " grey cardinal" and confidant of
Richelieu, had been called in by the coadjutrix of the abbess of Fontevraud to ..."
4. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"He and his coadjutrix insinuated, that the treasurer was biassed in favour of
the dissenters, and even that he acted as a spy for the house of Hanover. ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... was commanded by the pope to act as coadjutrix to the Abbess of Fontevrault,
and assist her in reforming her convent. Here Antoinette met Father Joseph, ..."
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